Sudden appearance of many spider veins on the face and body, should immediately guide us, to suspect a pathological cause. If that is the case for you, you should make an appointment, in order to have special diagnostic tests, for investigating the cause. The appearance of many spider veins on the body, chest, back and abdomen may be associated with liver dysfunction for example.

Of course, there are also other, less dangerous factors associated with the appearance of spider veins and below we list some of them:

In Derm & Plastic Surgery Clinic, we assess first your problem and then we discuss with you, the best method to treat the spider veins, either on your face or on your legs, after we rule out any pathological cause.

There are two types of spider veins treatment, Sclerotherapy and Laser. While both treatments can be applied to the feet (usually in combination), facial spider veins are only treated with Laser.

Sclerotherapy is the most common and popular treatment for spider veins on legs. The treatment is done, by injecting a specific substance into the veins, which causes controlled damage to the venous wall and blood clotting within the vein, resulting eventually in their destruction and absorption, by the body cells.

Modern sclerotherapy is extremely safe, practically with no complications and can be combined with laser treatment, with excellent results. After sclerotherapy, it is necessary to use compression stockings for 14 days. A typical regime, for the treatment of spider veins on both legs, requires 2-6 sessions, depending on the case. The interval between sessions should be usually 1 month and these treatments are better to be done during winter time.

Spider veins laser therapy, is an excellent treatment, done with a state-of-art Nd-Yag Laser, whose light beam targets selectively the vessels, recognizes blood hemoglobin in blood vessels and does not harm the surrounding area. This targeted heat into the vessel, gradually destroys it, which consequently is absorbed by the body. Due to the cooling mechanism of the laser device, the treatment is painless and you can return immediately to your daily activities. Sessions last about 15 to 20 minutes.

The laser treatment for spider veins is particularly effective, provided it is applied to the right vessels. The larger diameter veins, feed with blood the more superficial seated, spider veins. Therefore, the onset of treatment from these larger veins first, is extremely important, as then the feeding of the spider veins is interrupted. It should be emphasized that the direct treatment of the spider veins with the laser, without treating first the larger veins that feed them, is wrong and will lead to poor results.

Considering that the larger veins are under the skin, it is difficult for the laser beam to reach them, because its energy can’t reach so deep. These larger veins should be treated first with sclerotherapy and then we continue with laser treatment of spider veins. This is one of the main reasons, why laser treatment of spider veins, on its own, is in some cases insufficient and should be combined with sclerotherapy, to produce better results.
The laser treatment for legs, it might take from 2 to 5 sessions, while the laser treatment for spider veins on face, usually requires 1 to 3 sessions.

• Derm & Plastic Surgery Clinic is a specialized Clinic for Aesthetic Dermatology and Plastic Surgery. We can address every aesthetic and medical problem, you might have, regardless of the degree of difficulty and we guarantee for the effectiveness of our treatments and outstanding results.
• In Derm & Plastic Surgery Clinic, we invest on innovative laser technology and we do have all types of lasers, plus the expertise in their use with multiple evidence-based medical protocols. We can help you regain spotless legs, in just a few sessions. After the first consultation and evaluation of the problem, we can suggest the most appropriate treatment for you or the most effective combination of treatments, which give fastest results and can solve, even the most difficult problems.
• In our Clinic, sclerotherapy is performed by doctors, with many years of professional experience and expertise, who are highly trained and are experts in this field and only approved materials, that fulfil the European safety standards (CE) and (FDA) American standards are utilized. Treatments are done with absolute transparency and safety and you will be given, the barcode of the product, used in your treatment, which ensures authenticity.
• In Derm & Plastic Surgery Clinic, we offer high quality medical aesthetic treatments, with state-of-art technology and authentic equipment, at affordable prices.